Body Diaries

This episode is a powerful one, diving into the world of adult ADHD. Chandra shares with us what it is like to live with ADHD and how it contributed to her long struggle with her body image, weight, and eating habits.

She also shares how important it is to bring awareness to the aspects of ourselves feel like they don’t belong to us.

If you’d love to learn more about ADHD first-hand from an incredibly resilient and beautiful soul - this episode is for you.

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About Chandra

Chandra Arrington is a recovering, people-pleaser protestant and ex-corporate middle management devotee. After the loss of a soulmate she embarked on a spiritual revolution. Through intuitive development and a strong belief in connection and oneness, she is creating a new life purpose. Now a podcaster, author, and designer of all things "woo-woo" she makes it her mission to spread a sense of community and belonging for like-minded spiritual, empathic, and highly sensitive people. All of her works invite you to embrace "whatever woo means to you" with joy, humor, sincerity, a well placed curse word, and most importantly, love for each other.

• Check her out on Facebook
• Ohm-g Podcast
• Website

About Andi

Hello! I'm Andrea and I'm a Voice & Expression Coach, Medium, and Actress, and I love all things spirituality, expansion and being brave. I have been on a really long journey with my body. If my journey has taught me anything it’s that as humans we are incredibly powerful self-healers. When we allow ourselves to be brave and share our stories, we embody our most transformative ally – our beautiful, empowered strength. I am here to help you reclaim your whole creative, connected and confident self so that you can become EVERYTHING that you are here in this life to be. xx

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• @andi.matthies on Instagram
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In this episode Hannah shares her life-changing journey of self-discovery from an unhealthy relationship during the pandemic to becoming deeply in love with her body and her life.

We dig into the power of self-trust and how, despite struggle, healing is possible when we become self-aware, acknowledge our worth and choose to walk our own chosen path.

This episode will leave you inspired to take a big leap of faith and trust your own body’s unique knowing - evening prompting you to completely transform your life (like it did Hannah)!

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About Hannah
Hannah Kopen is an empowerment and somatic embodiment coach who helps women build and sustain positive, thriving relationships. Her approach blends neuroscience, psychology, somatic attachment therapy, feminine and masculine energetics, and a dash of spirituality. She is trauma informed and works with women healing from toxic or abusive relationships and women who are pivoting in their career and desiring to move upwards in their life or love life.

• Follow her on Instagram at @hannahkopen.co
• Website

About Andi

Hello! I'm Andi and I'm a Voice & Expression Coach, Medium, and Actress, and I love all things spirituality, expansion and being brave. I have been on a really long journey with my body. If my journey has taught me anything it’s that as humans we are incredibly powerful self-healers. When we allow ourselves to be brave and share our stories, we embody our most transformative ally – our beautiful, empowered strength. I am here to help you reclaim your whole creative, connected and confident self so that you can become EVERYTHING that you are here in this life to be. xx

• @andi.matthies on Instagram
• Be a guest on the podcast

In this beautiful episode, we dive deep into how our bodies with our spiritual selves are so deeply interconnected, and how we can cultivate deep self-awareness and self-acceptance through body-led spirituality.

Emily vulnerably shares her journey with self-image and body acceptance as a gymnast - how being in this world impacted her own body and self-image. And how her journey through her own spirituality lead her back home.

If you are ready to reconnect with your own beautiful body by awakening your own spirituality, this episode is for you!

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About Emily
She has been holding space for others’ inner transformation for the past 9+ years facilitating Yoga classes, Mindfulness + Meditation Retreats + Healing Sound Journeys. Stepping into the online coaching space in recent years, she offers private mentoring supporting women to soften into their most loving + expansive selves, to claim their limitless inner freedom, power + worth so they live the most deeply abundant + meaningful relationships + life of their making.

• Follow her on Instagram at @expansionwithemily

About Andi

Hello! I'm Andi and I'm a Voice & Expression Coach, Medium, and Actress, and I love all things spirituality, expansion and being brave. I have been on a really long journey with my body. If my journey has taught me anything it’s that as humans we are incredibly powerful self-healers. When we allow ourselves to be brave and share our stories, we embody our most transformative ally – our beautiful, empowered strength. I am here to help you reclaim your whole creative, connected and confident self so that you can become EVERYTHING that you are here in this life to be. xx

• @andi.matthies on Instagram
• Be a guest on the podcast

In this episode, we chat with the beautiful Lauren Leduc as she shares her own spiritual and emotional journey to discovering and embodying her inner goddess.

We dig into the societal norms that engender self-doubt and insecurities, as Lauren shares the transformative movement modalities that enabled her own self-discovery and healing.

If you’re ready to start to discover and embody your own inner goddess energy, this episode is for you.

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About Lauren
Lauren is a dedicated yoga teacher, intuitive, and entrepreneur with the unique gift of cultivating connection and community. She believes that yoga is beneficial to everyone and is passionate about creating accessible experiences and opportunities for students to find a deeper connection to themselves and the world around them.

• Follow her on Instagram at @iamlaurenleduc

About Andi

Hello! I'm Andi and I'm a Voice & Expression Coach, Medium, and Actress, and I love all things spirituality, expansion and being brave. I have been on a really long journey with my body. If my journey has taught me anything it’s that as humans we are incredibly powerful self-healers. When we allow ourselves to be brave and share our stories, we embody our most transformative ally – our beautiful, empowered strength. I am here to help you reclaim your whole creative, connected and confident self so that you can become EVERYTHING that you are here in this life to be. xx

• @andi.matthies on Instagram
• Be a guest on the podcast

In this episode, we delve into Mette’s personal journey, and how she shifted her mindset from blaming external elements for her “stress” to acknowledging responsibility for herself.

She shares with us the importance of practices like rest and grounding so that we can create more peace in our bodies. And how we can use it to help ourselves heal.

This episode will give you a beautiful boost of inspiration to make rest a bigger part of your life!

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About Mette
A holistic life coach dedicated to support you in becoming a Super Happy Super Human

• Follow her on Instagram at @dare_to_rest

About Andi

Hello! I'm Andi and I'm a Voice & Expression Coach, Medium, and Actress, and I love all things spirituality, expansion and being brave. I have been on a really long journey with my body. If my journey has taught me anything it’s that as humans we are incredibly powerful self-healers. When we allow ourselves to be brave and share our stories, we embody our most transformative ally – our beautiful, empowered strength. I am here to help you reclaim your whole creative, connected and confident self so that you can become EVERYTHING that you are here in this life to be. xx

• @andi.matthies on Instagram
• Be a guest on the podcast

In this episode, Meg shares her eating disorder journey and how she discovered intuitive eating - the powerful practice that revolutionised her life.

We discuss how it’s so important to get out of the trap of “shaping our bodies” and instead cultivate self-love, self-compassion and body peace within ourselves. And how we can start this journey with intuitive eating.

If you’re ready to view your body and life with deep understanding and love, you’re going to love this episode!

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About Meg
Meg started right where you are.  So stuck in an endless cycle of dieting and binging, feeling so out of control around food. After many attempts at treatment and therapy, her own journey to recovery looked a little different than many of the other approaches.  Now, after many years of a fuller, freer, healthier relationship with food and her body, she has taken those same techniques and tools to help other women become success stories when it comes to rebuilding their relationships with food and their bodies - effortlessly.

• Follow her on Instagram at @meg.henks

About Andi

Hello! I'm Andi and I'm a Voice & Expression Coach, Medium, and Actress, and I love all things spirituality, expansion and being brave. I have been on a really long journey with my body. If my journey has taught me anything it’s that as humans we are incredibly powerful self-healers. When we allow ourselves to be brave and share our stories, we embody our most transformative ally – our beautiful, empowered strength. I am here to help you reclaim your whole creative, connected and confident self so that you can become EVERYTHING that you are here in this life to be. xx

• @andi.matthies on Instagram
• Be a guest on the podcast

In today’s episode, we dive into Norma’s experiences with emotional eating, how this can start so early in childhood, and how it shapes our self-esteem, body image, and social interactions.

Norma offers the most beautiful insight into the importance of patience and self-compassion with ourselves, and the small steps we can take to navigate these times.

If you desire to dive deeper into building a healthier relationship with food, so that you can finally gain body freedom - this episode is for you!

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About Norma
Norma is a life & health coach who specializes in helping women uncomplicate emotional eating through a holistic life-based approach that encompasses mind and body so they can end the diet cycle/binge cycle and find food and body freedom. Norma draws from her own experience of losing over 100 pounds in 2018, which vastly improved her health and life. By practicing and refining her processes, Norma has gained self-confidence that had eluded her most of her life and strongly believes that every woman deserves to proudly show up in their life, no matter what their size. 

• Check her out on Facebook
• Website

About Andi

Hello! I'm Andi and I'm a Voice & Expression Coach, Medium, and Actress, and I love all things spirituality, expansion and being brave. I have been on a really long journey with my body. If my journey has taught me anything it’s that as humans we are incredibly powerful self-healers. When we allow ourselves to be brave and share our stories, we embody our most transformative ally – our beautiful, empowered strength. I am here to help you reclaim your whole creative, connected and confident self so that you can become EVERYTHING that you are here in this life to be. xx

• @andi.matthies on Instagram
• Be a guest on the podcast

In this epsiode we chat with the beautiful Nicole Lite, an intuitive healer and two-time cancer survivor, about her journey of self-acceptance and body love after going through breast implant illness, breast cancer and lymphoma.

We dive into the role of spirituality, how to foster self-love and self-empowerment in the face of cancer, and how her journey taught her how to embrace her whole self as the gorgeous divine goddess that she is.

Her story is moving and filled with so much love. This episode is not be missed!

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About Nicole
Nicole Lite is an intuitive energy healer, reiki master, 2x cancer survivor, goddess empowerment.

• Follow her on Instagram at @soulkisses222

About Andi

Hello! I'm Andi and I'm a Voice & Expression Coach, Medium, and Actress, and I love all things spirituality, expansion and being brave. I have been on a really long journey with my body. If my journey has taught me anything it’s that as humans we are incredibly powerful self-healers. When we allow ourselves to be brave and share our stories, we embody our most transformative ally – our beautiful, empowered strength. I am here to help you reclaim your whole creative, connected and confident self so that you can become EVERYTHING that you are here in this life to be. xx

• @andi.matthies on Instagram
• Be a guest on the podcast

In this vulnerable and honest conversation, we dive deep into Yvonne’s journey through domestic abuse, and how this lead to her to discover and activate her own incredible inner strength and intuition.

Yvonne shares with us key turning points and realisations from her own story, and insight into where we can turn our own experiences into an incredible strength.

This is an incredibly powerful conversation, especially if you are still struggling on a similar path. Yvonne is such an inspiring and beautiful soul!

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About Yvonne
Yvonne is a gifted writer, inspirational speaker, and a Podcaster, who hosts various workshops centered around personal development-- through her company, You Are Dynamic, LLC. Yvonne's passions are to educate others about the horrific pandemic of domestic violence and to help women ctrl, alt, DELETE their negative life patterns and show them that -- God the creator of everything -- loves and cherishes them for who they are as individuals.

• Check her out on Facebook
• Books by Yvonne
• Healthy Wealthy & Wise Relationship Podcast

About Andi

Hello! I'm Andi and I'm a Voice & Expression Coach, Medium, and Actress, and I love all things spirituality, expansion and being brave. I have been on a really long journey with my body. If my journey has taught me anything it’s that as humans we are incredibly powerful self-healers. When we allow ourselves to be brave and share our stories, we embody our most transformative ally – our beautiful, empowered strength. I am here to help you reclaim your whole creative, connected and confident self so that you can become EVERYTHING that you are here in this life to be. xx

• @andi.matthies on Instagram
• Be a guest on the podcast

In this episode we dive into the reality of eating disorders, weight inclusivity, striving towards body neutrality and living with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). Eden shares her own road to recovery, and how she learnt to lovingly create body neutrality and love for ourselves at any size.

It’s also loaded with lots of practical tips - Eden gives us lots of evidence-backed strategies for fostering our own body respect and how we can implement nutrition-based approaches to build a balanced and healthy version of ourselves that are more about addition rather than restriction.

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About Eden:
Eden is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist who practices medical nutrition therapy through Health At Every Size (HAES) and weight inclusivity. She works with clients through nutrition therapy, meal support, grocery shopping, cooking, intuitive eating, and gentle nutrition.  She enjoys focusing on gentle nutrition through increasing nutrient variety, sharing evidence based nutrition practices, and implementation of practical behavioral enhancements.

• Follow her on Instagram at @pearlwellnesspractice
• Website

About Andi

Hello! I'm Andi and I'm a Voice & Expression Coach, Medium, and Actress, and I love all things spirituality, expansion and being brave. I have been on a really long journey with my body. If my journey has taught me anything it’s that as humans we are incredibly powerful self-healers. When we allow ourselves to be brave and share our stories, we embody our most transformative ally – our beautiful, empowered strength. I am here to help you reclaim your whole creative, connected and confident self so that you can become EVERYTHING that you are here in this life to be. xx

• @andi.matthies on Instagram
• Be a guest on the podcast